The ancestor of the family, Nester Ryabets, arrived in Moscow (about 1300) from the land of Red Ruthenia, where it is mentioned (1282) among the boyars of the Leo I of Galicia.

His son Rodion Nestorovich, a boyar under the Grand Duke Ivan Kalita, a famous warrior.

The great-grandson of Ivan Rodionovich Kvashny, Stepan Rodionovich Samara, was the ancestor of the Samarins and Kvashnins-Samarins and is mentioned at the wedding of Princess Sofia Ivanovna, daughter of Ivan III of Russia to Prince Vasily Kholmsky (February 13, 1500).

[1] The shield, which has a golden field, depicts a white one-headed eagle with outstretched wings, which has a golden cross on its chest on a small blue shield, placed on a silver horseshoe facing upwards (Jastrzębiec coat of arms).

The coat of arms of the Kvashnin-Samarin family is included in Part 2 of the General coat of arms of the noble families of the All-Russian Empire, p. 39 Source:[2]